Department seminars
Second term, Jan - Apr 2026
The Departmental Seminar Coordinators are Colette Salemi, Tao Wang and Justin Wiltshire.
Seminars are held in BEC 363 on Fridays from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., unless otherwise indicated (in bold).
| Date | Speaker | Title | Host |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16 | Russell Toth (University of Sydney) | Incentivizing Inclusion: Experimental Evidence on Lending to Women-Led Firms in Viet Nam | Paul Schure |
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Jan 23 |
Michael Devereux (UBC) | Tariffs, Automation, and Business Dynamism | Ke Xu |
| Jan 30 | Arthur Sweetman (McMaster University) | Peer Effects in Long-term Care Homes | Martin Farnham |
| Feb 13 | Liam Kelly (UNBC) | Waiting for Clarity? Exit and Intensification Under Regulatory Uncertainty in Mineral Exploration | David Scoones |
| Feb 20 | Reading Break | N/A | Reading Break |
| Feb 27 | Jinlan Ni (University of Washington Tacoma) | Domestic Market Integration, Technological Ceiling Effect and Global Value Chain Upgrading | Ke Xu |
| Mar 06 | Christopher Carpenter (Vanderbilt University, College of Arts and Science) | Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Earnings: New Evidence from Linked Survey and Administrative Data | Donn Feir |
| Mar 13 | Michael Whinston (MIT) | The Consumer Welfare Effects of Bank Mergers | Vasco Gabriel |
| Mar 20 | Christopher Blattman (University of Chicago) | Who joins drug-selling gangs and why? Evidence from 10,000 adolescent boys | Paola Beneras Penaherrera |
| Mar 27 | Abubakr Ayesh (Trinity University) |
Does Violence Against Civilians in Conflict-Free Regions Affect Labor Market Outcomes? | Donn Feir |
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Mar 31 *TUESDAY |
Patrick Klösel (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research) | Green Innovation and Climate Policy Mixes | Felix Pretis |
| Apr 10 |
Marianne Page (University of California, Davis) *Reid Elliot Lecture |
Sources of Generational Persistence in the Effects of Early-Life Health Interventions | Justin Wiltshire |
Summer Session, May - Aug 2026
The Departmental Seminar Coordinators are Colette Salemi, Tao Wang and Justin Wiltshire.
Seminars are held in BEC 363 on Fridays from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., unless otherwise indicated (in bold).
If you are interested in viewing a paper from one of our seminar speakers, please contact econdept@uvic.ca for a copy.
| Date | Speaker | Title | Host |
|---|---|---|---|
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25 May *MONDAY |
Flavio Toxvaerd (Cambridge) | Competition and Collusion with Strategic Inventories | Chris Auld |